David Ricardo

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1. What was David Ricardo?
3. Ricardo’s works influenced the most famous economist Karl Marx, didn’t they?

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3. Ricardo’s major work was "Principles of Political Economy and Taxation". This work contains, among other things, a pioneering statement of the principle of comparative advantage as applied to international trade.
4. Ricardo showed why it was beneficial for both countries, for England to export wool to Portugal and import wine in return, even though both products could be produced with less labour in Portugal.
5. The book covers the whole field of economics as it then existed. Ricardo held that the economy was growing toward a future "steady state".

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